I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
As we all know, there is a kind of lazy pleasure in useless and out-of-the-way erudition.
Sir Maugreβs erudition was so wide that whatever anyone said reminded him of something that had no bearing on it.
Drugs are nothing compared to the ecstasy of erudition.
You can know a lot and still be stupid.
Most adults are knowledgeable to a child, but ignorant for their age.
It is usually unbearably painful to read a book by an author who knows way less than you do, unless the book is a novel.